PHIL Week 8 DQ

2/21/22, 11:07 AM W8: Evolutionary Ethics & Career Applicability - PHIL200 B006 Winter 2022

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W8: Evolutionary Ethics & Career Applicability

PHIL200 B006 Winter 2022 LE

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For this forum, choose one of the following topics to respond to for your initial post. When you respond to your peers please respond, if possible, to a learner who has posted a contrary view on the topic you selected and then respond to a learner who has posted to at least one of the topics you did not select. In your primary response please add a brief statement about how the learning acquired in this class will be applicable to your current or future career.

Topic A: Animal Rights

Assuming the research by DeWaal is correct, most if not all social animals have innate

dispositions to cooperate for survival and as such, develop moral codes for behavior. As such,

should humans not work more to ensure animals have basic rights even if they cannot ask for

them? What rights should those be and is there some sort of hierarchy (should dogs have

more rights than mice).

Topic B: Free Will (or not)

Imagine if we eliminated the notion of free will when it comes to our justice system. Present

an argument that “justice” works better if we seek to help and fix people rather than just

punish wrongdoers.

Topic C: Grand summary

Taking all you have learned in the class, discuss how you feel you will be more active in

thinking about moral decisions and how your compass will help in that process. Be specific

and if you can think of a recent moral decision where this class helped, please share.

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Final Reflection:

And finally, please reflect on the following:

How will you include ethics in your present or future career? How will you talk about ethics as a career competency?

Before you post, please thoroughly edit your writing to ensure it is professional

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Topic C Joshua Young posted Feb 21, 2022 3:58 PM

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Good afternoon class,

As this course comes to an end I would just like to first off say it was a pleasure in going

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Grand Summary Diamond Turner posted Feb 21, 2022 2:16 PM Subscribe

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Hello Classmates & Professor,

For my last discussion post for this class, I’ve decided to go with Topic C: Grand Summary.

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Week 8/Evolutionary Ethics & Career Applicability/Eric knowl… Eric Knowlden posted Feb 21, 2022 1:24 PM

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Topic B: Free Will (or not)

The truth is that a justice system where wrongdoers are punished is neither amends nor a

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